[AJD] The controversy

[Michael Scholl]

Here's my 2-cents...

The Number-Series and Styled-Letter-Series two-cylinder tractors are
classics and the Unstyled tractors are antique.  Since a large number of
even the earliest of the new generation tractors are still in active use,
they hardly qualify to be considered classic.  My son-in-law has 5 tractors
on the farm, two 4020's.  The only tractor of his that I would consider a
classic is his '52 Farmall H (which is also used on a daily basis) 

I have 3 green tractors, a '35 B (antique) and a '39 B (classic), the other
is only 4 years old.  One could argue that anything built in the 30's should
be considered antique, but I feel that all Styled tractors should be grouped
together.  My '39 is on cut-off spokes and looks nearly as antique as my
'35.

In Minnesota (where I live), to have a Collector-Classic license plate on a
car, the car cannot be newer than a 1948 model.  I guess that I'm more of a
purist, but following this rule I guess that all of the Letter-Series would
be classics.

Two-Cylinder Magazine should be about two-cylinder tractors, if NG's are
included, the name should be changed to "Two-Cylinder and All Other Green
Tractors Magazine" 

Cheers,
Mike ;)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Salisbury
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:05 AM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: Re: [AJD] The controversy

HI Troy,

I don't have any experience with the new tractors.  Mine is a 1956, one of
the last of the 2 cylinder types and it is still running very well and it is
probably the only one I will ever own.  I know it will be running long after
I am gone!  Besides that, it sounds right!

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy Bogdan" <tbogdan1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] The controversy


> Don't worry Bill,
> Those tractors from the modern era won't be around long enough to matter .

> .
> . everything made in the last 20 years is junk.
> Probably all end up melted down and sent to China,  Troy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
> To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] The controversy
>
>
>> Bill wrote:
>>
>>> The only way, it was discovered, to allow the club
>>> to grow was to accept the fact that the newer and
>>> younger members identify with and enjoy the newer
>>> engines and that someday they will be older too and
>>> some more advanced types will take their place.
>>
>> Hi, Bill.  Your comments were well put--thanks for the discussion.
>>
>> One thing I wonder about, is what the folks 30 years in the future will
>> think of as classics.  With any kind of technology it seems like there 
>> can
>> really only be one "antique" period.  A 4020 will never be an antique.
>> Maybe there can be multiple classic periods, though.
>>
>> To me the -10 and -20 series New Generation tractors will always be the
>> true
>> "classic" Deeres, but I can see how some of the later models could be
>> viewed
>> the same way if you'd grown up around them.  But I can't imagine tractors
>> from the 90s or 2000s ever being seen as classics; to me they're just
>> modern
>> tractors and will always be modern tractors.  If you're 10 or 15 years 
>> old
>> today, will an 8430 be a classic 30 years from now?
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Dayton, Ohio
>> www.vinsonfarm.net
>>
>>
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